Rockland Senior League Baseball - 0504

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May 3, 2007 at 12:01 AMMay 3, 2007 at 3:15 AM

April 28 - The Rockland Senators challenged Brookfield 1 on Saturday in Rockland Veterans Memorial Stadium. The Senators came out swinging in the bottom of the first inning, with back-to-back doubles by Frank Mogavero and Dan Higgins. Mogavero's double scored Brady Sheehan who was on first, from a base on balls, and Higgins double scored Mogavero, to give the Senators the two run lead.

Rockland Senators 7, Brookfield 3April 28 - The Rockland Senators challenged Brookfield 1 on Saturday in Rockland Veterans Memorial Stadium. The Senators came out swinging in the bottom of the first inning, with back-to-back doubles by Frank Mogavero and Dan Higgins. Mogavero's double scored Brady Sheehan who was on first, from a base on balls, and Higgins double scored Mogavero, to give the Senators the two run lead. The Senator pitcher, Derek Smith, pitched with determination and held Brookfield to no runs until the sixth inning. In the bottom of the fifth inning Rockland added two more runs, with Jake Hayden walking, then Josh Sullivan and Frank Mogavero reaching on errors, scoring Hayden then Sullivan. The bottom of the sixth saw more run production for Rockland when Joe Feneck walked and Kennan Startzell singled, followed by Mike Shanahan also singling to score Feneck and Startzell. Mike Shanahan moved to second base on a pass ball, and then to third base on a fly out by Brady Sheehan. Shanahan scored with the seventh Senator run, when Jake Hayden reached first on an error with the fielder’s choice. Seven runs were more than enough for the Rockland pitcher Derek Smith, who struck out 13 Brookfield batters on his way to the victory.

Brockton South 4, Rockland Senators 2April29 - Good games always take place between the Rockland Senators and Brockton South and today was no exception. Brockton jumped out to the early lead in the first inning, with two solid singles and an error by the Senators. Rockland answered back with Shawn Ryan reaching first on a Brockton error, moving to second on a pass ball, and scoring on a fielder’s choice, knotting the game at one. Senator pitcher Brady Sheehan pitched well, but in the bottom of the fourth, a single, an error, a walk, a double, and a botched pick off play between third and home, cost the Senators three runs. Brockton South took the lead, and held on for the victory. Sheehan pitched well with only 78 pitches needed, striking out six and forcing seven groundouts.Derek Smith also had a solo home run to left field over 300 feet, but it was still too little to beat Brockton.--Reported by ThomRoache